X-Message-Number: 12627 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 08:46:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Driven FromThePack <> Subject: They broke Mike Darwin's spirit :-( Mike Darwin wrote: "The real problem with many cryonicists is not simply that they are "unpopular" -- they are creepy and not very nice. They are the kind of people who inspire in you the inexplicable desire to be hurtful and cruel. You don't meet people like that very often, but when you met them, you know who they are. And you want to get awy from them before you do something that would undermine your self-image as a nice person." Mike, I am one of those people who inspire dislike in others. In case my email address doesn't give away my thesis, here it is: I am not a pack animal. I am an atheist, and a contrarian. Humans are animals, and those whom they sense are not "of the pack," are driven away. Those outsiders ARE treated cruelly, just as the animal whose smell is wrong is savagely bitten and forced away, so too do we cryonicists feel the cruel slings and arrows of humanity. Just because we do not belong does not make us wrong in wanting to live. You used to revel in your outsider status. Did you just get wise, or just get old? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12627